L'Ouverture
Americannoun
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Yellow fever, he said, gave local armies—such as the one Toussaint L’Ouverture commanded over for Haiti’s liberation—a crucial edge over invaders with immune systems that were new to the virus.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 27, 2023
One 1997 print, “The Burning,” depicted a scene from the life of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2023
Jacob Lawrence — perhaps you know his marvelous Toussaint L’Ouverture panels? — did his late-1940s series “In the Heart of the Black Belt” on commission from the editors of Fortune magazine.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
And was it a coincidence that the leaders of well-known slave rebellions, such as Toussaint L’Ouverture, Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner, were literate slaves?
From Time ● Sep. 16, 2015
I look down at my revised paper about Toussaint L’Ouverture.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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